Oral manifestations in the paraneoplastic syndrome

A 52-year-old woman with advanced cancer of the breast also suffered from pemphigoid eruptions on the skin, in the mucous membranes of the oropharynx, and in the conjunctivae. The pemphigoid lesions were suppressed by treatment with steroid hormones and disappeared after surgical removal of the malignant breast tumor. With regard to its clinical course, the disease entity described is justifiably classified as a "paraneoplastic bullosis". The literature on this subject is briefly reviewed.